Mop-head



G. H. SUNDERMANN, In.

MOP HEAD- Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed December 29, 1920. Serial N 0. 433,884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen SUNDE MANN, Jr., a .citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of the city of New York, borough of Bronx, countyof Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedMop-Head, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a mop and aims to provide certain improvementsinconnection with a device of this character.

It is well appreciated that it has been quite customary to provide a mopwhich is detachable from the handle for the purpose of renewing andcleansing. Devices of this class heretofore placed upon the market haveoffered several disadvantages in that they failed to retain the mop insuch a manner as to preclude any danger of the 1nd1- .vidual strands orfibers of the same becoming loosened, and lost, thus impairing theefficiency of the mop.

With this in view, I have constructed a mop head which will includecertain mechanism permitting of the mop proper being gripped in such amanner that any possibility of the strands of the mop becoming loosenedis reduced to a minimum.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of thecharacter specified, the parts of which may be operated to permit of theready gripping or disengagement or" the mop proper.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the annexed specificationand drawings, which latter present one practical embodiment of myinvention, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side view of amop head constructed in accordance with myinvention, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof, and showing the mop associatedwith the head.

In these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the mop handle of anydesirable construction, and 6 the mop which is to be associated with thehead, which mop is also of any desired type.

Contrary to the conventional construction, the socket 7 applied to thelower end ofthe handle terminates in a cross arm 8, and pivotallysecured as at 9 to one end of this cross arm, is a second arm 10extending parallel to and spaced from the first arm 8.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a pair of gripping elements,between which the mop 6 may be interposed and with a view of providingstructure serving to draw these arms together, with respect to eachother, so as to prevent any movement on the part of the mop with respectto the same, I conveniently utilize a link 11, rockingly secured to thelever 12, by means of the lugs 18 forming part of the lever, which leverhas one of its ends pivotally mounted, as at 13, to that end of the arm8, opposite the end of pivotal connection 9.

It is also to be noted that the outer end of the arm 10 terminates in anupturned portion 14, and it will be obvious, as has been indlcated bythe uppermost dotted lines in Fig. 1, that the link 11 may he slippedover the upturned portion 14 of the arm 10. Now upon the lever beingrocked around its pivot 13, it will be seen that the parts will assumethe position indicated by the lowermost series of dotted lines in Fig.1, in which position the lever will be in what might be termed deadcenter. Upon the lever 12 being thrownit will be obvious that the partswill be locked, incident to the contact which will exist between thelever and the arm 8, and the tension exerted by the mop 6, which willactto more firmly seat all of the parts.

Thus I have provided a mop head, which is extremely simple inconstruction, and may be readily manipulated to retain the strands ofthe mop in their proper position, and by 'means ofwhich no fear may befelt of the mop becoming useless incident to the loss of strands.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resortedto with out in the least departing from the spirit of my invention,which I claim as:

A mop head, including a cross arm, a second cross arm pivotally securedto said first named cross arm, a lever pivotally secured to the oppositeend of said first named arm, and a link rockingly attached to saidlever, said link being adapted to engage the free end of said secondcross arm.

GEORGE HERMAN SUNDERMANN, Jr.

